Classifications

• • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
  • F02—COMBUSTION ENGINES; HOT-GAS OR COMBUSTION-PRODUCT ENGINE PLANTS
  • F02D—CONTROLLING COMBUSTION ENGINES
  • F02D41/00—Electrical control of supply of combustible mixture or its constituents
  • F02D41/30—Controlling fuel injection
  • F02D41/38—Controlling fuel injection of the high pressure type
• • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
  • F02—COMBUSTION ENGINES; HOT-GAS OR COMBUSTION-PRODUCT ENGINE PLANTS
  • F02D—CONTROLLING COMBUSTION ENGINES
  • F02D41/00—Electrical control of supply of combustible mixture or its constituents
  • F02D41/30—Controlling fuel injection
• • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
  • F02—COMBUSTION ENGINES; HOT-GAS OR COMBUSTION-PRODUCT ENGINE PLANTS
  • F02D—CONTROLLING COMBUSTION ENGINES
  • F02D41/00—Electrical control of supply of combustible mixture or its constituents
  • F02D41/30—Controlling fuel injection
  • F02D41/3094—Controlling fuel injection the fuel injection being effected by at least two different injectors, e.g. one in the intake manifold and one in the cylinder
• • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
  • F02—COMBUSTION ENGINES; HOT-GAS OR COMBUSTION-PRODUCT ENGINE PLANTS
  • F02M—SUPPLYING COMBUSTION ENGINES IN GENERAL WITH COMBUSTIBLE MIXTURES OR CONSTITUENTS THEREOF
  • F02M63/00—Other fuel-injection apparatus having pertinent characteristics not provided for in groups F02M39/00 - F02M57/00 or F02M67/00; Details, component parts, or accessories of fuel-injection apparatus, not provided for in, or of interest apart from, the apparatus of groups F02M39/00 - F02M61/00 or F02M67/00; Combination of fuel pump with other devices, e.g. lubricating oil pump
  • F02M63/02—Fuel-injection apparatus having several injectors fed by a common pumping element, or having several pumping elements feeding a common injector; Fuel-injection apparatus having provisions for cutting-out pumps, pumping elements, or injectors; Fuel-injection apparatus having provisions for variably interconnecting pumping elements and injectors alternatively
  • F02M63/0225—Fuel-injection apparatus having a common rail feeding several injectors ; Means for varying pressure in common rails; Pumps feeding common rails
• • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
  • F02—COMBUSTION ENGINES; HOT-GAS OR COMBUSTION-PRODUCT ENGINE PLANTS
  • F02M—SUPPLYING COMBUSTION ENGINES IN GENERAL WITH COMBUSTIBLE MIXTURES OR CONSTITUENTS THEREOF
  • F02M63/00—Other fuel-injection apparatus having pertinent characteristics not provided for in groups F02M39/00 - F02M57/00 or F02M67/00; Details, component parts, or accessories of fuel-injection apparatus, not provided for in, or of interest apart from, the apparatus of groups F02M39/00 - F02M61/00 or F02M67/00; Combination of fuel pump with other devices, e.g. lubricating oil pump
  • F02M63/02—Fuel-injection apparatus having several injectors fed by a common pumping element, or having several pumping elements feeding a common injector; Fuel-injection apparatus having provisions for cutting-out pumps, pumping elements, or injectors; Fuel-injection apparatus having provisions for variably interconnecting pumping elements and injectors alternatively
  • F02M63/0225—Fuel-injection apparatus having a common rail feeding several injectors ; Means for varying pressure in common rails; Pumps feeding common rails
  • F02M63/0275—Arrangement of common rails
  • F02M63/0285—Arrangement of common rails having more than one common rail
  • F02M63/029—Arrangement of common rails having more than one common rail per cylinder bank, e.g. storing different fuels or fuels at different pressure levels per cylinder bank
• • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
  • F02—COMBUSTION ENGINES; HOT-GAS OR COMBUSTION-PRODUCT ENGINE PLANTS
  • F02M—SUPPLYING COMBUSTION ENGINES IN GENERAL WITH COMBUSTIBLE MIXTURES OR CONSTITUENTS THEREOF
  • F02M69/00—Low-pressure fuel-injection apparatus ; Apparatus with both continuous and intermittent injection; Apparatus injecting different types of fuel
• • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
  • F02—COMBUSTION ENGINES; HOT-GAS OR COMBUSTION-PRODUCT ENGINE PLANTS
  • F02M—SUPPLYING COMBUSTION ENGINES IN GENERAL WITH COMBUSTIBLE MIXTURES OR CONSTITUENTS THEREOF
  • F02M69/00—Low-pressure fuel-injection apparatus ; Apparatus with both continuous and intermittent injection; Apparatus injecting different types of fuel
  • F02M69/04—Injectors peculiar thereto
  • F02M69/042—Positioning of injectors with respect to engine, e.g. in the air intake conduit
  • F02M69/046—Positioning of injectors with respect to engine, e.g. in the air intake conduit for injecting into both the combustion chamber and the intake conduit
• • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
  • F02—COMBUSTION ENGINES; HOT-GAS OR COMBUSTION-PRODUCT ENGINE PLANTS
  • F02M—SUPPLYING COMBUSTION ENGINES IN GENERAL WITH COMBUSTIBLE MIXTURES OR CONSTITUENTS THEREOF
  • F02M69/00—Low-pressure fuel-injection apparatus ; Apparatus with both continuous and intermittent injection; Apparatus injecting different types of fuel
  • F02M69/46—Details, component parts or accessories not provided for in, or of interest apart from, the apparatus covered by groups F02M69/02 - F02M69/44
  • F02M69/462—Arrangement of fuel conduits, e.g. with valves for maintaining pressure in the pipes after the engine being shut-down
• • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
  • F02—COMBUSTION ENGINES; HOT-GAS OR COMBUSTION-PRODUCT ENGINE PLANTS
  • F02M—SUPPLYING COMBUSTION ENGINES IN GENERAL WITH COMBUSTIBLE MIXTURES OR CONSTITUENTS THEREOF
  • F02M69/00—Low-pressure fuel-injection apparatus ; Apparatus with both continuous and intermittent injection; Apparatus injecting different types of fuel
  • F02M69/46—Details, component parts or accessories not provided for in, or of interest apart from, the apparatus covered by groups F02M69/02 - F02M69/44
  • F02M69/462—Arrangement of fuel conduits, e.g. with valves for maintaining pressure in the pipes after the engine being shut-down
  • F02M69/465—Arrangement of fuel conduits, e.g. with valves for maintaining pressure in the pipes after the engine being shut-down of fuel rails
• • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
  • F01—MACHINES OR ENGINES IN GENERAL; ENGINE PLANTS IN GENERAL; STEAM ENGINES
  • F01N—GAS-FLOW SILENCERS OR EXHAUST APPARATUS FOR MACHINES OR ENGINES IN GENERAL; GAS-FLOW SILENCERS OR EXHAUST APPARATUS FOR INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINES
  • F01N3/00—Exhaust or silencing apparatus having means for purifying, rendering innocuous, or otherwise treating exhaust
  • F01N3/08—Exhaust or silencing apparatus having means for purifying, rendering innocuous, or otherwise treating exhaust for rendering innocuous
  • F01N3/10—Exhaust or silencing apparatus having means for purifying, rendering innocuous, or otherwise treating exhaust for rendering innocuous by thermal or catalytic conversion of noxious components of exhaust
  • F01N3/24—Exhaust or silencing apparatus having means for purifying, rendering innocuous, or otherwise treating exhaust for rendering innocuous by thermal or catalytic conversion of noxious components of exhaust characterised by constructional aspects of converting apparatus
  • F01N3/28—Construction of catalytic reactors

Definitions

• the present invention relates to a control apparatus for an internal combustion engine having a first fuel injection mechanism (an in-cylinder injector) injecting fuel into a cylinder and a second fuel injection mechanism (an intake manifold injector) injecting the fuel into an intake manifold or an intake port, and particularly, to a technique wherein a fuel injection ratio between the first and second fuel injection mechanisms are considered to determine a fuel increase value in a cold state operation.
• a first fuel injection mechanism an in-cylinder injector
• an intake manifold injector an intake manifold injector
• An internal combustion engine having an intake manifold injector for injecting fuel into an intake manifold of the engine and an in-cylinder injector for injecting the fuel into a combustion chamber of the engine, and configured to stop fuel injection from the intake manifold injector when the engine load is lower than a preset load and to carry out fuel injection from the intake manifold injector when the engine load is higher than the set load, is known.
• starting capability is impaired due to poor atomization of fuel. Additionally, at a very low temperature, the viscosity of a lubricating oil is high and therefore a friction increases and the number of cranking revolutions decreases. Accordingly, with a high-pressure fuel pump directly driven by an engine, a fuel pressure cannot fully be increased. A required fuel quantity may not be supplied to the engine solely with a fuel injection valve (a main fuel injection valve) provided for injecting a fuel directly into a combustion chamber, and the starting capability may further be impaired.
• a fuel injection valve a main fuel injection valve
• a single auxiliary fuel injection valve referred to as a cold start valve
• a collector portion upstream of an intake manifold for injecting the fuel only when the engine is started at a cold temperature (cold-start)
• cold-start a cold temperature
• a fuel supplying apparatus for an internal combustion engine of a direct-injection type disclosed in Japanese Patent Laying-Open No. 10-018884 is an apparatus for supplying fuel, which is delivered from a high-pressure pump of an engine-driven type, through direct injection into a cylinder via main fuel supplying means.
• the apparatus includes auxiliary fuel supplying means for supplementing a fuel supply from the main fuel supplying means at a prescribed start-up, and characterized in that a supply fuel quantity from the auxiliary fuel supplying means is estimated to correct a supply fuel quantity from the main fuel supplying means based on the estimation result.
• the fuel supplying apparatus for an internal combustion engine of a direct-injection type when it is necessary to actuate the auxiliary fuel supplying means (for example, when a fuel supplying pressure to the main fuel supplying means is lower than a prescribed value at cold-start), a supply fuel quantity from the auxiliary fuel supplying means is estimated, and a supply fuel quantity from the main fuel supplying means can be corrected based on the result. Accordingly, the actual supply fuel quantity to the engine can optimally be controlled to meet the supply fuel quantity required for the engine.
• An object of the present invention is to provide a control apparatus for an internal combustion engine having first and second fuel injection mechanisms bearing shares, respectively, of injecting fuel into a cylinder and an intake manifold, respectively, that can calculate an accurate fuel variation value in a cold state and a transitional period from the cold state to a warm state when the fuel injection mechanisms share injecting the fuel.
• the present invention in one aspect provides a control apparatus for an internal combustion engine that controls an internal combustion engine having a first fuel injection mechanism injecting fuel into a cylinder and a second fuel injection mechanism injecting the fuel into an intake manifold.
• the control apparatus includes: a controller controlling the first and second fuel injection mechanisms to bear shares, respectively, of injecting the fuel at a ratio calculated as based on a condition required for the internal combustion engine; and a detector detecting a temperature of the internal combustion engine.
• the controller uses the ratio and the temperature to calculate a fuel variation value for the internal combustion engine in a cold state and applies the calculated fuel variation value to control the first and second fuel injection mechanisms to vary a fuel injection quantity.
• the first fuel injection mechanism e.g., an in-cylinder injector
• the second fuel injection mechanism e.g., an intake manifold injector
• the controller considers a ratio between the fuel injected into the cylinder and that injected into the intake port and calculates as based on the internal combustion engine's temperature (e.g., that of a coolant of an engine) a fuel increase value or a fuel decrease value (collectively referred to as a fuel variation value) in the cold state.
• a fuel increase value or a fuel decrease value collectively referred to as a fuel variation value
• the internal combustion engine having two fuel injection mechanisms that share injecting fuel into different portions can have an accurate fuel variation value in the cold state.
• a control apparatus for an internal combustion engine can be provided that can calculate an accurate fuel variation value in a cold state and a transitional period from the cold state to a warm state when fuel injection mechanisms share injecting the fuel.
• the present invention in another aspect provides a control apparatus for an internal combustion engine that controls an internal combustion engine having a first fuel injection mechanism injecting fuel into a cylinder and a second fuel injection mechanism injecting the fuel into an intake manifold.
• the control apparatus includes: a controller controlling the first and second fuel injection mechanisms to bear shares, respectively, of injecting the fuel at a ratio calculated as based on a condition required for the internal combustion engine; a detector detecting a temperature of the internal combustion engine; and a calculator calculating a reference injection quantity injected from said first and second fuel injection mechanisms.
• the controller uses said ratio and said temperature to calculate a fuel variation value for the internal combustion engine in a cold state and applies the calculated fuel variation value and the reference injection quantity to control the first and second fuel injection mechanisms to vary a fuel injection quantity.
• the controller considers a ratio between the fuel injected into the cylinder and that injected into the intake port and calculates as based on the internal combustion engine's temperature (e.g., that of a coolant of an engine) a fuel variation value in the cold state.
• This fuel variation value and a reference injection quantity calculated as based on the internal combustion engine's operation state are used to vary a fii ⁇ l injection quantity.
• the internal combustion engine having two fuel injection mechanisms that share injecting fuel into different portions can achieve an accurately varied fuel injection quantity in the cold state.
• a control apparatus for an internal combustion engine can be provided that can calculate an accurate fuel variation value in a cold state and a transitional period from the cold state to a warm state when fuel injection mechanisms share injecting the fuel, so that the fuel injection quantity is varied from the reference injection quantity.
• the present invention in still another aspect provides a control apparatus for an internal combustion engine that controls an internal combustion engine having a first fuel injection mechanism injecting fuel into a cylinder and a second fuel injection mechanism injecting the fuel into an intake manifold.
• the control apparatus includes: a controller controlling the first and second fuel injection mechanisms to bear shares, respectively, of injecting the fuel at a ratio calculated as based on a condition required for the internal combustion engine; and a detector detecting a temperature of the internal combustion engine.
• the controller uses the ratio and the temperature to calculate a fuel increase value for the internal combustion engine in a cold state and applies the calculated fuel increase value to control the first and second fuel injection mechanisms to vary a fuel injection quantity.
• the cylinder's interior and the intake port increase in temperature at different rates.
• the controller considers a ratio between the fuel injected into the cylinder and that injected into the intake port and calculates as based on the internal combustion engine's temperature (e.g., that of a coolant of an engine) a fuel increase value in the cold state.
• the internal combustion engine having two fuel injection mechanisms that share injecting fuel into different portions can have an accurate fuel increase value in the cold state.
• a control apparatus for an internal combustion engine can be provided that can calculate an accurate fuel increase value in a cold state and a transitional period from the cold state to a warm state when fuel injection mechanisms share injecting the fuel.
• the present invention in still another aspect provides a control apparatus for an internal combustion engine that controls an internal combustion engine having a first fuel injection mechanism injecting fuel into a cylinder and a second fuel injection mechanism injecting the fuel into an intake manifold.
• the control apparatus includes: a controller controlling the first and second fuel injection mechanisms to bear shares, respectively, of injecting the fuel at a ratio calculated as based on a condition required for the internal combustion engine; a detector detecting a temperature of the internal combustion engine; and a calculator calculating a reference injection quantity injected from said first and second fuel injection mechanisms.
• the controller uses the ratio and the temperature to calculate a fuel increase value for the internal combustion engine in a cold state and applies the calculated fuel increase value and the reference injection quantity to control the first and second fuel injection mechanisms to vary a fuel injection quantity.
• the cylinder's interior and the intake port increase in temperature at different rates.
• the controller considers a ratio between the fuel injected into the cylinder and that injected into the intake port and calculates as based on the internal combustion engine's temperature (e.g., that of a coolant of an engine) a fuel increase value in the cold state.
• This fuel increase value and a reference injection quantity calculated as based on the internal combustion engine's operation state are used to vary a fuel injection quantity.
• the internal combustion engine having two fuel injection mechanisms that share injecting fuel into different portions can have an accurately varied fuel injection quantity in the cold state.
• a control apparatus for an internal combustion engine can be provided that can calculate an accurate fuel increase value in a cold state and a transitional period from the cold state to a warm state when fuel injection mechanisms share injecting the fuel, so that the fuel injection quantity is varied from the reference injection quantity.
• the controller calculates the fuel increase value to be decreased when the first fuel injection mechanism is increased in the ratio.
• the controller calculates the fuel increase value to be increased when the second fuel injection mechanism is increased in the ratio.
• an intake manifold injector injecting fuel into an intake manifold exists, and the intake port's temperature is lower than the cylinder's internal temperature.
• the intake manifold injector injects the fuel at higher ratios, a significant fuel increase value can be introduced to achieve combustion as desired.
• controller calculates the fuel increase value to be decreased when the temperature is increased.
• higher temperatures in the internal combustion engine help the fuel to atomize. As such, a large fuel increase value is not required and despite a small fuel increase value combustion as desired can be achieved.
• the controller calculates the fuel increase value to be increased when the temperature is decreased.
• lower temperatures in the internal combustion engine prevent the fuel from atomizing. Accordingly, a large fuel increase value is introduced so that combustion as desired can be achieved.
• the first fuel injection mechanism is an in-cylinder injector and the second fuel injection mechanism is an intake manifold injector.
• a control apparatus can be provided that can calculate an accurate fuel increase value for an internal combustion engine having separately provided first and second fuel injection mechanisms implemented by an in-cylinder injector and an intake manifold injector to share injecting fuel when they share injecting the fuel in a cold state and a transitional period from the cold state to a warm state.
• Fig. 1 a schematic configuration diagram of an engine system controlled by a control apparatus according to a first embodiment of the present invention.
• Fig. 2 is a flowchart indicative of a control structure of a program executed by an engine ECU implementing the control apparatus according to the first embodiment of the present invention.
• Fig. 3 shows the relationship between an engine coolant temperature and a cold state increase value in shared injection.
• Fig. 4 is a flowchart indicative of a control structure of a program executed by an engine ECU implementing a control apparatus according to a second embodiment of the present invention.
• Fig. 5 shows the relationship between an engine coolant temperature and a cold state increase value when fuel injection is carried out only by an intake manifold injector.
• Fig. 6 shows the relationship between an engine coolant temperature and a cold state increase value when fuel injection is carried out only by an in-cylinder injector.
• Figs. 7 and 9 show a DI ratio map for a warm state of an engine to which the present control apparatus is suitably applied.
• Figs. 8 and 10 show a DI ratio map for a cold state of an engine to which the present control apparatus is suitably applied.
• FIG. 1 is a schematic configuration diagram of an engine system that is controlled by an engine ECU (Electronic Control Unit) implementing the control apparatus for an internal combustion engine according to an embodiment of the present invention.
• engine 10 includes four cylinders 112, each connected via a corresponding intake manifold 20 to a common surge tank 30.
• Surge tank 30 is connected via an intake duct 40 to an air cleaner 50.
• An airflow meter 42 is arranged in intake duct 40, and a throttle valve 70 driven by an electric motor 60 is also arranged in intake duct 40.
• Throttle valve 70 has its degree of opening controlled based on an output signal of an engine ECU 300, independently from an accelerator pedal 100.
• Each cylinder 112 is connected to a common exhaust manifold 80, which is connected to a three-way catalytic converter 90.
• Each cylinder 112 is provided with an in-cylinder injector 110 for injecting fuel into the cylinder and an intake manifold injector 120 for injecting fuel into an intake port or/and an intake manifold. Injectors 110 and 120 are controlled based on output signals from engine ECU 300. Further, in-cylinder injector 110 of each cylinder is connected to a common fuel delivery pipe 130. Fuel delivery pipe 130 is connected to a high-pressure fuel pump 150 of an engine-driven type, via a check valve 140 that allows a flow in the direction toward fuel delivery pipe 130.
• an internal combustion engine having two injectors separately provided is explained, although the present invention is not restricted to such an internal combustion engine.
• the internal combustion engine may have one injector that can effect both in-cylinder injection and intake manifold injection.
• Electromagnetic spill valve 152 is controlled based on an output signal of engine ECU 300.
• Each intake manifold injector 120 is connected to a common fuel delivery pipe 160 on a low pressure side.
• Fuel delivery pipe 160 and high-pressure fuel pump 150 are connected via a common fuel pressure regulator 170 to a low-pressure fuel pump 180 of an electric motor-driven type.
• low-pressure fuel pump 180 is connected via a fuel filter 190 to a fuel tank 200.
• Fuel pressure regulator 170 is configured to return a part of the fuel discharged from low-pressure fuel pump 180 back to fuel tank 200 when the pressure of the fuel discharged from low-pressure fuel pump 180 is higher than a preset fuel pressure. This prevents both the pressure of the fuel supplied to intake manifold injector 120 and the pressure of the fuel supplied to high- pressure fuel pump 150 from becoming higher than the above-described preset fuel pressure.
• Engine ECU 300 is implemented with a digital computer, and includes a ROM (Read Only Memory) 320, a RAM (Random Access Memory) 330, a CPU (Central Processing Unit) 340, an input port 350, and an output port 360, which are connected to each other via a bidirectional bus 310.
• Airflow meter 42 generates an output voltage that is proportional to an intake air quantity, and the output voltage is input via an A/D converter 370 to input port 350.
• a coolant temperature sensor 380 is attached to engine 10, and generates an output voltage proportional to a coolant temperature of the engine, which is input via an A/D converter 390 to input port 350.
• a fuel pressure sensor 400 is attached to fuel delivery pipe 130, and generates an output voltage proportional to a fuel pressure within fuel delivery pipe 130, which is input via an A/D converter 410 to input port 350.
• An air-fuel ratio sensor 420 is attached to an exhaust manifold 80 located upstream of three-way catalytic converter 90. Air-fuel ratio sensor 420 generates an output voltage proportional to an oxygen concentration within the exhaust gas, which is input via an A/D converter 430 to input port 350.
• Air-fuel ratio sensor 420 of the engine system of the present embodiment is a full-range air-fuel ratio sensor (linear air-fuel ratio sensor) that generates an output voltage proportional to the air-fuel ratio of the air-fuel mixture burned in engine 10.
• an O 2 sensor may be employed, which detects, in an on/off manner, whether the air-fuel ratio of the air-fuel mixture burned in engine 10 is rich or lean with respect to a theoretical air-fuel ratio.
• Accelerator pedal 100 is connected with an accelerator pedal position sensor 440 that generates an output voltage proportional to the degree of press down of accelerator pedal 100, which is input via an A/D converter 450 to input port 350. Further, an engine speed sensor 460 generating an output pulse representing the engine speed is connected to input port 350.
• ROM 320 of engine ECU 300 prestores, in the form of a map, values of fuel injection quantity that are set in association with operation states based on the engine load factor and the engine speed obtained by the above-described accelerator pedal position sensor 440 and engine speed sensor 460, and correction values thereof set based on the engine coolant temperature.
• engine ECU 300 of Fig. 1 executes a program having a structure for control, as described hereinafter.
• step (hereinafter step is abbreviated as S) 100 engine ECU 300 employs a map which will be described later (Figs. 7-10) to calculate an injection ratio of in-cylinder injector 110 (hereinafter this ratio will be referred to as "DI ratio r (0 ⁇ r ⁇ I)."
• r represents a DI ratio.
• a cold state increase value is calculated based on engine coolant temperature THW, employing DI ratio r as a parameter.
• a greater quantity of fuel injected into the cylinder deposits on the top surface of piston and a greater quantity of fuel injected into the intake port deposits on the wall.
• a cold state correction quantity f (3)(THW, r) is set to be greater.
• cold state increase value f (3) (THW, r) is set to be greater as DI ratio r is lower. It is noted that the relationship shown in Fig. 3 may be inverted.
• engine ECU 300 calculates a total injection quantity. Specifically, it adds a cold state increase value to a reference injection quantity (in-cylinder injector 110 solely or intake manifold injector 120 solely) calculated based on an operation state of engine 10, to calculate the total injection quantity of fuel injected from each injector.
• a reference injection quantity in-cylinder injector 110 solely or intake manifold injector 120 solely
• the total injection quantity of each injector can be calculated.
• engine ECU 300 calculates a total injection quantity.
• engine ECU 300 calculates an injection quantity of each injector.
• engine 10 in the present embodiment operates as described hereinafter. Note that in the following description "if the engine's coolant varies in temperature" and other similar expressions indicate a transitional period from a cold state to a warm state.
• DI ratio r In a cold state, which is until engine 10 is fully warmed after it is started, an injection ratio (DI ratio r) is calculated based on an operation state of engine 10 (SlOO).
• DI ratio r is larger than 0 and smaller than 1 (in other words, when in-cylinder and intake manifold injectors 110 and 120 bear shares, respectively, of injecting fuel) (0 ⁇ r ⁇ 1.0 in SI lO)
• a cold state increase value is calculated using a map (function f(3) (THW, r)) shown in Fig. 3 (S 140).
• DI ratio r is considered.
• a total injection quantity is calculated (S 160).
• the total injection quantity as used herein is a fuel quantity injected from both in-cylinder injector 110 and intake manifold injector 120. Using the calculated total injection quantity, an injection quantity of each injector is calculated (S170). Here, a fuel injection quantity of in-cylinder injector 110 and a fuel injection quantity of intake manifold injector 120 are calculated. Using the calculation result
• engine ECU 300 causes in-cylinder injector 110 and intake manifold injector 120 to inject prescribed fuel.
• an engine system controlled by an engine ECU implementing a control apparatus for an internal combustion engine of the present embodiment will now be described.
• description of a structure that is the same as in the above-described first embodiment will not be repeated.
• a schematic structure of the engine system in the present embodiment is the same as that of the engine system shown in Fig. 1.
• a program that is different from the program executed by engine ECU 300 in the above-described first embodiment will be executed.
• engine ECU 300 calculates a reference total injection quantity Q(ALL).
• engine ECU calculates reference total injection quantity Q(ALL) based on a required torque based on a degree of opening, required torque from other ECU and the like.
• engine ECU 300 calculates a cold state increase value of each injector.
• the cold state increase value is calculated based on engine coolant temperature THW.
• Fig. 5 shows cold state increase value ⁇ Q (P) of intake manifold injector 120
• Fig. 6 shows cold state increase value ⁇ Q (D) of in- cylinder injector 110.
• cold state correction quantity f(4) (TETW) as well as cold state correction quantity f(5) (THW) are set to be greater.
• cold state increase value ⁇ Q (P) of intake manifold injector 120 shown in Fig. 5 is set to be greater than cold state increase value ⁇ Q (D) of in-cylinder injector 110 shown in Fig. 6, since greater quantity of fuel deposits on the intake port due to the temperature of the intake port being lower than the temperature in the cylinder.
• engine ECU 300 calculates an injection quantity of each injector. Here, it is calculated as follows, using functions g(3) and g(4):
• injection quantity Q (P) of intake manifold injector 120 g(3) (Q (ALL), r, ⁇ Q
• DI ratio r an injection ratio (DI ratio r) is calculated based on an operation state of engine 10 (SlOO).
• DI ratio r is larger than 0 and smaller than 1 (in other words, when in-cylinder and intake manifold injectors 110 and 120 bear shares, respectively, of injecting fuel) (0 ⁇ r ⁇ 1.0 in Sl 10)
• a reference total injection quantity Q (ALL) that is a reference fuel injection quantity injected from both injectors is calculated (S200).
• Cold state increase value ⁇ Q (P) of intake manifold injector 120 and cold state increase value ⁇ Q (D) of in-cylinder injector 110 are calculated using maps (functions f (4) (THW), f (5) THW)) shown in Figs. 5 and 6 (S210). An injection quantity of each intake manifold injector 120 and in-cylinder injector 110 is calculated (S220). Here, DI ratio 4 is considered.
• temperature THW of the coolant of the engine is solely used to calculate a cold state increase value for each injector, and then DI ratio r is considered to calculate an injection quantity of each injector.
• Figs. 7 and 8 maps each indicating a fuel injection ratio between in- cylinder injector 110 and intake manifold injector 120, identified as information associated with an operation state of engine 10, will now be described.
• the fuel injection ratio between the two cylinders is also expressed as a ratio of the quantity of the fuel injected from in-cylinder injector 110 to the total quantity of the fuel injected, which is referred to as the "fuel injection ratio of in-cylinder injector 110", or a "DI (Direct Injection) ratio (r)”.
• the maps are stored in ROM 320 of engine ECU 300.
• Fig. 7 is the map for a warm state of engine 10
• Fig. 8 is the map for a cold state of engine 10.
• the fuel injection ratio of in-cylinder injector 110 is expressed in percentage.
• the DI ratio r is set for each operation range that is determined by the engine speed and the load factor of engine 10.
• DI RATIO r ⁇ 0% "DI RATIO r ⁇ 100%” and “0% ⁇ DI RATIO r ⁇ 100%” each represent the range where fuel injection is carried out using both in-cylinder injector 110 and intake manifold injector 120.
• in-cylinder injector 110 contributes to an increase of output performance
• intake manifold injector 120 contributes to uniformity of the air-fuel mixture.
• the fuel injection ratio between in-cylinder injector 110 and intake manifold injector 120 is defined individually in the map for the warm state and in the map for the cold state of the engine.
• the maps are configured to indicate different control ranges of in-cylinder injector 110 and intake manifold injector 120 as the temperature of engine 10 changes.
• the map for the warm state shown in Fig. 7 is selected; otherwise, the map for the cold state shown in Fig. 8 is selected.
• One or both of in-cylinder injector 110 and intake manifold injector 120 are controlled based on the selected map and according to the engine speed and the load factor of engine 10.
• NE(I) is set to 2500 rpm to 2700 rpm
• KL(I) is set to 30% to 50%
• KL(2) is set to 60% to 90%
• NE(3) is set to 2900 rpm to 3100 rpm. That is, NE(I) ⁇ NE(3).
• ME(2) in Fig. 7 as well as KL(3) and KL(4) in Fig. 8 are also set as appropriate.
• NE(3) of the map for the cold state shown in Fig. 8 is greater than NE(I) of the map for the warm state shown in Fig. 7.
• NE(3) of the map for the cold state shown in Fig. 8 is greater than NE(I) of the map for the warm state shown in Fig. 7.
• the control range of intake manifold injector 120 is expanded to include the range of higher engine speed. That is, in the case where engine 10 is cold, deposits are unlikely to accumulate in the injection hole of in-cylinder injector 110 (even if the fuel is not injected from in-cylinder injector 110).
• the range where the fuel injection is to be carried out using intake manifold injector 120 can be expanded, to thereby improve homogeneity.
• the engine speed and the load of engine 10 are high, ensuring a sufficient intake air quantity, so that it is readily possible to obtain a homogeneous air-fuel mixture even using only in-cylinder injector 110.
• the fuel injected from in-cylinder injector 110 is atomized within the combustion chamber involving latent heat of vaporization (or, absorbing heat from the combustion chamber).
• the temperature of the air-fuel mixture is decreased at the compression end, whereby antiknock performance is improved.
• intake efficiency improves, leading to high power output.
• in-cylinder injector 110 In the map for the warm state in Fig. 7, fuel injection is also carried out using only in-cylinder injector 110 when the load factor is KL(I) or less. This shows that in- cylinder injector 110 alone is used in a predetermined low load range when the temperature of engine 10 is high. When engine 10 is in the warm state, deposits are likely to accumulate in the injection hole of in-cylinder injector 110. However, when fuel injection is carried out using in-cylinder injector 110, the temperature of the injection hole can be lowered, whereby accumulation of deposits is prevented. Further, clogging of in-cylinder injector 110 may be prevented while ensuring the minimum fuel injection quantity thereof. Thus, in-cylinder injector 110 alone is used in the relevant range.
• in-cylinder injector 110 is controlled to carry out stratified charge combustion.
• stratified charge combustion By causing the stratified charge combustion during the catalyst warm-up operation, warming up of the catalyst is promoted, and exhaust emission is thus improved.
• Figs. 9 and 10 maps each indicating the fuel injection ratio between in-cylinder injector 110 and intake manifold injector 120, identified as information associated with the operation state of engine 10, will be described.
• the maps are stored in ROM 320 of engine ECU 300.
• Fig. 9 is the map for the warm state of engine 10
• Fig. 10 is the map for the cold state of engine 10.
• Figs. 9 and 10 differ from Figs. 7 and 8 in the following points.
• homogeneous combustion is achieved by setting the fuel injection timing of in-cylinder injector 110 in the intake stroke, while stratified charge combustion is realized by setting it in the compression stroke. That is, when the fuel injection timing of in-cylinder injector 110 is set in the compression stroke, a rich air-fuel mixture can be located locally around the spark plug, so that a lean air-fuel mixture in the combustion chamber as a whole is ignited to realize the stratified charge combustion. Even if the fuel injection timing of in-cylinder injector 110 is set in the intake stroke, stratified charge combustion can be realized if it is possible to provide a rich air-fuel mixture locally around the spark plug.
• the stratified charge combustion includes both the stratified charge combustion and semi-stratified charge combustion.
• intake manifold injector 120 injects fuel in the intake stroke to generate a lean and homogeneous air-fuel mixture in the whole combustion chamber, and then in- cylinder injector 110 injects fuel in the compression stroke to generate a rich air-fuel mixture around the spark plug, so as to improve the combustion state.
• Such semi- stratified charge combustion is preferable in the catalyst warm-up operation for the following reasons. In the catalyst warm-up operation, it is necessary to considerably retard the ignition timing and maintain a favorable combustion state (idling state) so as to cause a high-temperature combustion gas to reach the catalyst. Further, a certain quantity of fuel needs to be supplied.
• the above-described semi-stratified charge combustion is preferably employed in the catalyst warm-up operation, although either of stratified charge combustion and semi-stratified charge combustion may be employed. Further, in the engine explained in conjunction with Figs.
• the fuel injection timing of in-cylinder injector 110 is set in the intake stroke in a basic range corresponding to the almost entire range (here, the basic range refers to the range other than the range where semi-stratified charge combustion is carried out with fuel injection from intake manifold injector 120 in the intake stroke and fuel injection from in-cylinder injector 110 in the compression stroke, which is carried out only in the catalyst warm-up state).
• the fuel injection timing of in-cylinder injector 110 may be set temporarily in the compression stroke for the purpose of stabilizing combustion, for the following reasons.
• in-cylinder injector 110 When the fuel injection timing of in-cylinder injector 110 is set in the compression stroke, the air-fuel mixture is cooled by the injected fuel while the temperature in the cylinder is relatively high. This improves the cooling effect and, hence, the antiknock performance. Further, when the fuel injection timing of in- cylinder injector 110 is set in the compression stroke, the time from the fuel injection to the ignition is short, which ensures strong penetration of the injected fuel, so that the combustion rate increases. The improvement in antiknock performance and the increase in combustion rate can prevent variation in combustion, and thus, combustion stability is improved.

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